Pat O’Neill - Grand Marshal KC St Patrick’s Day Parade
Pat O’Neill, Grand Marshal of the 2016 Kansas City St Patrick’s Day parade, is on Nichols at Night talking about the history of the Irish in Kansas City from the first immigrants in the 1800s up to the present day parades and festivals.
Pat talks with his usual charm about the arrival of the first immigrants from Ireland, the original St Patrick’s Day parade, the birth of the modern St Patrick’s Day parade in the 1970s, Browne’s Irish Market, the revival of all things culturally Irish, and through it all about his own family and their proud place in Irish Kansas City history.
For a more detailed understanding of the stories Pat tells, get yourself a copy of his book on the story of the Irish in Kansas City, the literal and figuratively titled “From The Bottom Up”
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